Senior Software Engineer, AI Gateway - Shanghai
KongShanghai, China
Posted September 22, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Kong Inc. is a leading developer of cloud API technologies that enables companies to become API-first and securely accelerate AI adoption.
Job Description
Are you ready to power the World's connections? Kong is an open-source project with a global adoption around the world. As a Senior Software Engineer, AI Gateway, you will be working on core features such as proxying capabilities, load balancing, and database support with forward-thinking.
Requirements
- 5+ years of programming in server-side applications and components
- Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging applications that are highly scalable, distributed, reliable and resilient
- Solid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling
- Experience in distributed systems, Linux networking stack and computer systems programming
- Comfortable working with a remotely distributed team
- Strong sense of ownership and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with AI LLM concepts and applications development
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance